Rail-tie.



am m. APPLIUATION FILED 1030.23, 1908.

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.unirse siiirnfs retrasar crier THOMAS PL'MCOARRIER AND HERBERT BAENA, OF KENYON, RHODE ISLAND.

RAIL-TIE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Application filed December 23, 1908. Serial No. 4:68961.

To-all wzofni it may cnCem.,- Be 'it known that We, THOMAS P. MCCAR man and VHnnnnnr E. HANNA, citizens of the 'United States, `residing at Kenyon, in the county of Washington and State of ARhode Island, have invent-ed new and useful lm .provernents` inRail-Ties, of which the following 4is a specification.l

This invention relates to rail tiesand more particularly to that class of metallic ties, and has foranobiect to provide a tie arranged to held 'the rails against creeping toward or av-.fay from each other.

. VA still further object of our invention is to provide means obviatin'g the use of spikes or similar fastening means to be perinannent-ly engaged with the base iianges of rails, thus providingsimple 'and novel means for allowing for the expansion and contraction Iof the rails. A

Other objects and' advantages Will be apparent as the nature oft-he invention better set forth, and it will be understood thatrclianges ,Within the scope of the claims 4may be resorted to Without departing` from the spirit of the invention` ln the drawing, forming a port-ion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views: Figure 1 is a longitudinal section taken through the tie. Fig. 2 is a pers ective view of one of the rail receiving elements` Fig. 3 is a perspective vieu' of one of the, clamping element-s. perspective view of the base plate. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view ofv a portion of the tie. p

Referring non' more particularly to the drawing, there is shown a rail tie consisting preferably of a rectangular body 1 having an open top, We provide said rectangular body with a support ot' sand ois-the liked, and We place upon theupper Asurface of the v"support, a base fplat'e 3 shaped to conform to Jft/liebotly (ir-receptacle, and closely co nfined at ail of its edges against thel inner Walls lof said body or receptacle. The base .555 plate is provided adjacent to each end with Fig. 4 is a series of transversely disposed grooves 4,

and adjacent to these grooves the plate is provided with a similar series of grooves 5.

Rail receiving elements are indicated at 6 and are each preferably provided with a cencel trally located enlarged portion 7 and an outwardly extending reduced portion 8 having formed integral there-With upon their under faces a transversely disposed series ofbeads 9 pand 10,' the beads 9 being arrangedin the 6 5 groovesl 4, andthe beads 10 in the grooves 5 and are correspondingly shaped to conform to the shape of said grooves. Each element 5 is provided with upwardly directed angularlydisposed flanges 11-t'or engaging the 7c laseflangesrofrails'A shovvn Vin Fig. `1 of the drawing. A clamping elenientis illustrated at 12 and is also shaped to fit. between the side Walls -of the body or receptacle 1 and, is

provided at its ends With reduced portions 13 75 having upon their under. faces transversely. extending beads 15 seated in correspondingly shaped grooves 16 formed in the inner reduced portions 8 ofth'erail receiving niembers. 6. The reduced portions 13 of the 'ao clamping .element 12 are provided. with curved clamping flanges 17 'as clearly shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing, and these flanges are arranged to overlap portions of the flanges 11 at the inner ends of the clamping elements (i.

By forming the reduced portions 13 it will`l`ic seen that the ele-nient 12 is provided at' its ends With shoulders 18 which abut against the innerreduced `portions 8 of the elements 6 as clearly indicated in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing. 90

Supplemental clamping elements are indicated at 19, and are each provided with a depending portion20 forming a shoulder 21 and an inwardly extending reduced prtion 22. clamping elements are provided .with depending beads 23 which are seated in the grooves 161m the outer reduced portions 8 of the elements 6. The shoulders 21 abut'against the outer edges of the outer reduced portions 8 of ico said elements 6 as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

in practice, the supplemental elements 19,

and the element 12 extend slightly above the upper edges of thc body or receptacle 1. so

that in the passing of a train, the said ele- 10S ments may be moved downwardly against the support 2 which latter eiiec-tivelv serves as a cushion. The side Walls of the body or receptacle 1 are provided with vertically'dis-`r posed elongated slots 24,v and the clamping rlhe portions 22 of said supplemental 95 element 1 2 carries a plurality of guide pins 25 disposedv in said slots. The side Walls are also provided with slots 26 identical in .con-

Astruction to the slots 2 4, and these slots ,re

ceive pins v27 carried by the supplemental clamping elements 19. A

From theconstruction herein set forth and described it will be seen that anextremely simple,- strong and llurable railway tie is prol vided, and itis evident that'in view of the arrangement of parts herein setv forth and I.describedthe rails A may be effectively engaged witlr the tive and held against lateral creeping movement.`

similar element' or material for effecting the same result. -It .may be stated that when s and is used it is packed inthe receptacle under ressure.

' 1. ',A tie of the class described comprising a -'rec eptacle having a cushioning support, a

base plate mounted upon the support, railrec'eiving elements removably lengaged with i l the base plate, clamping elements for the 'rail-receiving elements, and means engaged with the clamping elements and with the walls` of the receptacle for holding the -railreceiving elements against movement toward or awa from each other.

2. A tie ofthe class described comprising a receptacle having a cushioning support, railreceiving means disposed above the support and movable vertically between walls of the receptacle, a clamping element disposed between the rail-receiving means, means carried by the clamping element for sliding engagement with the walls -of the receptacle, and supplemental clamping elements located ad- Ajacent to the ends of the clamping element and provided With-means for sliding engagement with walls ol?y the receptacle.

3. A tie ofthe class described comprising ay receptacle having. a cushion therein of sand -or the like, a base plate rmounted upon the' cushion, rail deceiving .elements removably engaged with thebase plate, clamping elements for theraill receiving elements, and

means slidably mounted in the Walls of the receptacle andl engaged with the clamping elements for holding the rail receiving ele-f ments against movement toward oran/ay from each other. l `In testimony whereof we -aflix our signatures in presence' of two Witnesses. l

- HERBERT E. HANNA.

Witnesses:

ALBERTUS E. GREENE,A JQHN S. KENYON.

THOMAS r. MCCAREER. 

